Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

by Frank Cowan

[1006.] London Lab. and London Poor, iii. 28–33.

[1007.] Kirb. and Sp. Introd., i. 158.

[1008.] Theatr. Ins., p. 284. Topsel’s Hist. of Beasts, p. 1107, 1122.

[1009.] Kirby and Spence, Introd., i. 158.

[1010.] Gasterophilus equi.

[1011.] Reg. Scot’s Disc. of Witchcraft, p. 179.

[1012.] Henry IV., Pt. I. Act ii. Sc. 1.

[1013.] Newell’s Zool. of the Poets, p. 29.

[1014.] Dalyell’s Superstitions of Scotland, p. 564.

[1015.] Saturday Mag., xviii. 153.